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Irrigation management training strategies: a case study of irrigation management training institute at Tiruchirappalli

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Title Irrigation management training strategies: a case study of irrigation management training institute at Tiruchirappalli
 
Contributor Swamy, Anjaneya G
 
Description Tamil Nadu, one of the major states of the Indian union, with a
geograph~cal area of 13 million hectares is ranked eleventh in size in terms of
land area among the Indian States. The net area sown in Tamil Nadu is about 6
million hectares of which cultivable area of about 3 million hectares (50 percent)
IS endowed with irrigation facilities under various canal systems, tanks and wells.
The remain~ng 50% of the cultivable land is only rain fed. The annual average
rarnfall is 943 mm of which 450 mm IS received during north - east monsoon
per~od, 300 mm in the southwest monsoon period, 50 mm in the winter and 143
mm In the hot weather period. Situated in the tropical zone the state has good
sunshrne for most of the year, except in the months of November and December
when the cloud cover is usually heavy. With a shortage of irrigation sources and
dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, it becomes necessary to manage the
available resources efficiently so that optimal benefits are derived and livelihood
of mrllron of farm workers are safeguarded.
Though several irrigation systems in Tamil Nadu were of ancient origin
and even the more recent irrigation systems had well-established system of
equitable and efficient distrrbution. However, both the ancient and more recent
systems have come under severe strain due to increased population growth,
changes in the cropping pattern and introduction of new varieties of high yielding
and water-intensive rice cultivation. Therefore, it became necessary to tap
modern management methods in order to improve the efficiency of the extant
Annexure p.196-223
 
Date 2010-11-01T12:08:52Z
2010-11-01T12:08:52Z
2010-11-01
May 2006
 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/922
T 3045
 
Language English
 
Rights university
 
Format 234p.
DVD
 
Publisher Pondicherry
Pondicherry University
School of management
 
Source INFLIBNET